Iowa has lost a rare public servant and friend, Jim Leach • Iowa Capi…

Iowa and the nation lost a rare public servant last week. And Deba Leach lost her husband, Jim.

Former Congressman Jim Leach was a moderate-to-liberal Republican representing Iowa’s eastern congressional district from 1977 until 2007. He served the area that included his boyhood home of Davenport and Iowa City, where he and Deba chose to spend their…